HI Rifat -
You can't take the address of the sizeof() result. This is probably a
more appropriate question for a c++ forum, as this is not gcc
specific.
Brian
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Rifat Mahmud <rftmhmd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here's my demo program's source code:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <iconv.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> FILE *f1, *f2;
> char *a, *d;
> wchar_t *b;
> iconv_t c, n;
> b=(wchar_t *)malloc(100*4);/*Memory allocation for the wide character array*/
> a=(char *)malloc(100*(sizeof(char)));/*Memory allocation for the char array*/
> c=iconv_open("UCS-4", "UTF-8");/*As I am reading Bangla characters
> encoded in UTF-8 as a binary, and want to convert it into UCS-4, the
> encoding which is used in gcc internally, as far as I know.(I'm using
> Ubuntu 10.04)*/
> f1=fopen("pop1", "rb");
> f2=fopen("pop2", "wb");
> d=(char *)b;//Casting the wchar pointer to char pointer for use in
> iconv function
> fread(a, 1, 47, f1);//Reading
> n=iconv(c, &a, &sizeof(a), &d, &sizeof(b));/*The problem is here,
> theoratically it should work, and I implemented it just as shown in
> iconv manual of GNU*/
> fwrite(b, 4, 17, f2);
> iconv_close(c);
> fclose(f1);
> fclose(f2);
> return 0;
> }
>
> I have explained most of the things on comments. When I compile the
> problem, it gives the following error:
>
> test3.c:18: error: lvalue required as unary ‘&’ operand
> test3.c:18: error: lvalue required as unary ‘&’ operand
>
> I consulted many books and web resources before asking for help here,
> but couldn't find any solution.
>
> The problem is on iconv function. How can I get rid of this?
>
> Thank you-
> Rifat Mahmud
>
